raphe pallidus

English

Etymology

Medical New Latin.

Noun

raphe pallidus (plural raphae pallidae)

1. (anatomy, neuroanatomy) One of a cluster of nuclei (the raphe nuclei) found in the brain stem.

   Synonym: nucleus raphe pallidus

   • 1991, Yvette Taché, David L. Wingate, Brain-Gut Interactions, CRC Press, page 175:

     FIGURE 4. Stimulation of gastric acid secretion induced by microinjection of the stable TRH analog, RX 77368, into the raphe pallidus in urethane-anesthetized rats.

   • 2013, Ken W. S. Ashwell, “5: Peripheral nervous system, spinal cord, brainstem and cerebellum”, in Ken Ashwell, editor, Neurobiology of Monotremes, CSIRO Publishing, page 91:

     The raphe pallidus is located medial and ventral to the inferior olivary nuclear complex.